Wednesday, July 4, 2007
Live Earth
I want to give a disclaimer - I am in complete support of people seeking to preserve the earth through human effort. This weekend are the series of concerts known as "Live Earth." I saw an add for them that said "Eight concerts. 7 Continents. 2 Billion People." I don't want to in the slightest bit detract from the need to draw people's attention to environmental crisis. I just find it literally hard to believe that they seriously expect that 2 billion people care about these concerts. I don't mean that you can't find that many people who care about the environment. What is unbelievable to me is that they think that many people will watch. Wikipedia lists the world's population at 6.6 Billion. To think that 1 out of every 3 people on the planet is going to sit and watch this is absolutely ridiculous. I seriously doubt that anywhere close to 1/3 of Americans will watch it, let alone the developing world. I think the claim of 2 billion reflects that the entertainment industry (as well as politicians involved with this) think much more highly of themselves than they ought. All of this being said, Dave Matthews Band is playing in the NYC show. I can't wait (notice a recurring tendency towards hypocrisy in my blog?).
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hey - I watched a little bit of this on Saturday. So many of these acts just do not translate well in a large arena. This is especially true for live hip-hop acts. When they're in front of 100,000 people and amplified over a stadium soundsystem, it just looks silly. Some of the bigger name acts really disappointed, especially Genesis and the Police. And bringing Kanye West out to rap with the Police? Give me a break. That was ridiculous. The one great thing about the Police is watching Stewart Copeland do his thing. He's awesome, you can tell he's really enjoying playing and he's giving 100% (which you can't say for Sting). My 2 cents.
Hey Crown, it's Nate Windon. I know it has been quite some time but Leah gave me your blog address a while ago and I've tried to keep up my reading. I see that there's an Over the Rhine concert in Philly soon (playing with Rosie Thomas who is a sweet artist in her own right) and was wondering if you wanted to go and catch up some. Let me know, hope you are well-- or at least as well as a teacher can be when school is approaching.
I can't find your email address anywhere but I was going to write you to tell you that I second Nate's idea. I have yet to see OTR live...
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